Shortwave Collective Presents: Build Your Own Open Wave Receiver

Presented by: Wharf Chambers

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0	LEEDS: Wharf Chambers
P	Saturday 10th February, 2024
N	1:30pm

Event information

In this workshop, participants will construct an ‘Open Wave-Receiver’ - a very simple radio. Participants will be engaged as co-researchers and experimenters, working with a basic set of materials: copper wire, metal clips, speaker wire, tent pegs, and chosen or found objects. Parts can be switched out for alternatives, pieces can be sculptural, and it can be literally built into a location, and the design doesn’t have a tuner so multiple frequencies can be received at once. We’ll explore the local area together, searching for signals and attaching our radios to metal structures as makeshift antennas, incorporating urban fixtures into the radio circuit.

We encourage participants to bring or scavenge some scraps to customise their radios:
-Something flat and non-conductive, around A5 size
-A tube (also non-conductive), roughly the size and shape of a toilet paper tube
-Small pieces of metal or mineral

In order to complete your radio, you will need access to a battery-powered speaker, and additionally, a field recorder or other device with a strong pre-amp will help make your radio louder. We will have some available for testing during the workshop.

Shortwave Collective is an international feminist artist group established in May 2020, interested in creative uses of radio. We meet regularly to discuss feminist approaches to amateur radio and the radio spectrum as artistic material, sharing resources, considering DIY approaches and inclusive structures.

https://www.shortwavecollective.net/

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Wharf Chambers is a members club. You must be a member or a guest of a member to attend. Membership is £2 for the year and you can sign up online at wharfchambers.org

This event is made possible via arts council funding